246 Ga. App. 888 - Parks v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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20 state decisions

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1. “If the [accusation was] void for any reason, the question should have been raised by demurrer before pleading to the merits, or by motion in arrest of judgment after conviction. No demurrers or motions in arrest of judgment were filed by [Epps]. The issue of the purported voidness of certain counts of the indictments was first raised in [Epps’] motions for new trial. Under controlling Supreme Court authority, [Epps’ motion] for new trial cannot be considered to be a viable procedural substitute for [a motion] in arrest of judgment.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 259 Ga. App. 755 - Slinkard v. State · 262 Ga. App. 113 - Epps v. State

2. “If the indictment was void for any reason, the question should have been raised by demurrer before pleading ... or by motion in arrest of judgment after conviction. . . . Under controlling Supreme Court authority, [Williams’] motion for new trial cannot be considered to be a viable procedural substitute for a motion in arrest of judgment. . . . Therefore, [Williams] has failed to preserve any error alleging that the indictment was void. 14”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 255 Ga. App. 109 - Williams v. State

3. “[a] motion for new trial is not a proper vehicle for raising questions as to the legal sufficiency of an accusation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Taylor v. State